Analysis of evidence-theoretic decision rules for pattern classification

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1095-1107

  Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Dempster Shafer theory; Pattern classification; System diagnosis; Uncertainty modeling

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; VECTORS;

DEMPSTER SHAFER THEORY;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031189743     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(96)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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